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On December 11, 2024, we enjoyed a festive evening in the Prinzregententheater in Munich in the run-up to Christmas. The Munich Radio Orchestra's Wednesday “Christmas Classics” concert took place here. Under the musical direction of Wayne Marshall and with the vocalist Joan Faulkner, the orchestra presented popular Christmas classics such as “White Christmas”, “Silent Night”, “Jingle Bells” and “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer”. We fully enjoyed the cheerful and at the same time contemplative concert evening. Afterwards, we let the event end in the theater's garden room, under its green vaulted ceiling, with wine and pleasant conversation.
Try to get through the winter months in good health with these tips:
Sleep longer! The nights are longer in winter. Simply sleep an hour longer in winter or take a midday nap at the weekend. Important metabolic processes in your body are repaired during sleep. This is pure health.
Build up muscle strength! Muscle mass dwindles rapidly without training, especially in the elderly, and osteoporosis manifests at the same time. The cold season is the best time to go to the gym to train your muscles under supervision.
Protect your skin! Winter cold on the one hand and dry, warm heating air on the other stress the skin. This can be prevented by moisturising with a plant-based cream.
Take vitamin D tablets! Vitamin D is not only important for bone metabolism, but also for many other metabolic processes, including tumour prevention. In winter, when there is not much light, it is advisable to take vitamin D in a daily dose of 1000 units.
Train your brain! Long winter evenings are the perfect opportunity to train your grey cells in a variety of ways. Sudoku, Scrabble and the like promote memory and concentration.
Happiness is not only determined by external circumstances, but also by conscious decisions and behaviours in everyday life. This is the conclusion of the ‘Study on Human Happiness’ by the Harvard University, which was initiated as early as 1938 and which the authors Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz summarize in their book ‘The Good Life’:
Physical activity makes us happy. During physical exertion, the body produces endorphins, which are known as ‘happy hormones’ and lift our feelings.
Consciously living in each moment reduces everyday concerns and clears our minds. Therefore, a simple recommendation is to live in the here and now. Meditation and breathing exercises can help with this.
Regular contact with people we care about is an important factor for our happiness. Pleasant conversations and the sense of connection give us strength and a sense of well-being.
After three German editions of the " Bildgebende Diagnostik der Hand" (1996, 2005, 2015) and an English edition (2007), we have created a new book format, which is expected to be published by Thieme company in February 2025. Rainer created the "two-man work" with assistance from Jan-Peter Grunz, MD (University of Würzburg). It covers a total of 112 chapters, which describe the most common pathological entities on the hand in a compelling format. Over 1250 high-quality images illustrate the partly complex disease patterns. Chapters on anatomy and diagnostic techniques have been omitted, but precise references are given in the text. Our publication written in German will be available as a classic book and in electronic form (Thieme's "eref").
The ulnocarpal complex is an important structure at the ulnar-sided transition of the forearm to the wrist. The structure has a buffer function for the hand, e.g. when supporting, and - even more importantly - a stabilising function between the ulna and radius. As the name suggests, it is a complex structure whose anatomy and function have only been thoroughly understood in recent years.
That is also the reason why there are different classifications for describing injuries to this complex. The most commonly used classification to date, Palmer's from 1989, is anatomically outdated and inconsistent in content. A significant advance was the Atzei classification of 2011, which for the first time named the so-called ‘deep layer’ (foveal lamina) of the TFCC as the most important stabiliser in the joint between the ulna and radius. However, this important innovation does not sufficiently take into account the central disc and the peripheral capsule with other ligament structures.
These circumstances motivated us to develop a new classification for TFCC injuries. We have given the outcome the acronym ‘CUP’, with C for ‘central’, U for ‘ulnar’ and P for ‘peripheral’. Each of these categories is divided into three degrees of severity, resulting in a total of nine lesion types (3x3 rule).
